greenfly — I’m really keen to hear more about where you are and what you’re doing! Email me at annabel (at) good (dot) net (dot) nz? Cheers!

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whata ya know!……. I’m a Damson plum!

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green on the inside blue on the outside—sounds like a Damson plum to me.

All the roadside apples were destroyed in many areas as they were thought to harbour disease that could endanger our exports.
Life is never simple

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>>dazed and confused!!!!

Ah! Nice! Good ol’ Led Zep

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“green on the inside, blue on the outside – shunda, you’re a strange fruit!”

I prefer to be known as uniquely complicated
That or dazed and confused!!!!

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We’ll convert you yet, Shunda : ).

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Ping pong you read my mind!!
OMG Ireally am a greenie!!
arrhhhhhhhhhhhahhhh

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Shooshhhhh

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greenfly, sssh!

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green on the inside, blue on the outside – shunda, you’re a strange fruit!

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Greenfly, plums and apples grow quite well in my area, I didn’t realise you can grow plums from cuttings I will give that a go, I assume in winter?
The heritage varieties are definately the way to go, less disease and who cares if the fruit isn’t the shinyist on the outside!!
This is the stuff I like about greenies, so I guess in a way I am a closet greenie
(pssst…. don’t tell anyone)

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not allowed?

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Also, the Kaikorai Commons project on “waste” council land in Dunedin has just planted quite a few fruit trees in their public space. If you saw a snippet of Jeanette on TV3 treading down the soil round a pear tree, that was at KC.

The project leader, Hendrick, one of those greenies like Greenfly who work away tirelessly in the background at making our shared spaces better, tells me that they are not allowed to plant nut trees, because the council is worried they might attract rats. Boo to that, haven’t they heard of Totnes, the nut capital of Britain?

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karma – or, you can be really subtle and find veges that don’t seem like veges
( some of the kales, miners lettuce, sorrels etc.) and plant and sow them everywhere They won’t get pulled up or sprayed if you are clever, and there will be bounteous food for those who need it in times of …need…. (if they know what to look for

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apples and plums mainly shunda – alongside of the roads plant apple rootstock (I use mm106), let it grow for a year or two (at $2 each, there’s not much to lose if they get overgrown) then graft your favourite heritage apple scions on in the season. If you know of a good, resistant roadside apple, graft from that and spread the joy! Plums grow from cuttings, so find the old favourites, tried and true from your area and put them in direct or into a bed for later lifting and planting out. We are looking at a project to plant fruit trees at every rest area. Think about gooseberries and the currants (red, white and black) also. Medlar, quince, japonica, pear, fig, the list is endless. If you are interested, it goes further into understories of herbs etc. to support the trees’ health and attract and feed pollinators. And other things.

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The best solution is to just get out there (in the dead of night if need be) and dig a veggie patch.

If anyone tries to remove it the press will be all over it so it will be a done deal – and you’d likely get international press as well – whether it stays or goes.

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Greenfly, you never cease to impress me with what you are acheiving in you region, excellent work!!!
I want to get involved in exactly the same stuff in my area, I’ve just gotta learn how to run my business better first, so I can have a bit more time to devote to it!!.
What sort of fruit trees are you growing?
I like the idea of sneaking trees on to road sides, it is EXACTLY what I was thinking of doing

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Strings – cheers and yep! It’s taking off just in time. We’ve got an orchard project going as well, to get fruit trees back out into the community. So far, we’ve put through about 1000. Next year we’ll double that. Most are going into back yards but I’m aiming to get roadsides and wastelands done in the coming season (some ‘discreet’ plantings are already estabished) Food for all. Help yourself! One of my driving ‘forces’ is the desire to give the children of this region a chance to raid orchards like I did when I was young. Presently, there’s precious little to raid. They are hard pressed to find a creek to catch crawlies in as well, but we are working on that too. And other things.

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That is very interesting frog. Pollan was very active in trying to drastically alter the Farm Bill – would be good if Obama tried to do something meaningful with that next time it comes up, but going by the way he’s supporting ethanol producer-farmers, it’ll probably just be better than nothing, rather than ‘really good’.

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Greenfly
It was.

Great initiative in my opinion!

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